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Farbschemata Playing Cards (printed by MPC)



Quote from: Mark Allender
Farbschemata /FARB-she-ma-ta/ is a deck of premium poker-sized cards utilizing different color schemes as the primary identifiers of each suit - all rendered in the classic Helvetica Bold typeface. Pips are placed in the corner of each card, bleeding off the live area.   

This deck is in many ways a relaunch of a deck I created in 2013 called simply "Helvetica." For this campaign, I am using a better printer - MPC - whose quality has improved dramatically and rivals that of USPCC. I have also reverted to many of the more standard playing card conventions.



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Re: Farbschemata Playing Cards (printed by MPC) by Mark Allender (KS)
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2015, 11:06:37 PM »
 

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I actually like this one.  This guy did his homework and it's a very fresh take on typographical decks.  I like it.

I'll have to look into my finances, but this might be a keeper.
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Re: Farbschemata Playing Cards (printed by MPC) by Mark Allender (KS)
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2015, 01:12:40 AM »
 

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I actually like this one.  This guy did his homework and it's a very fresh take on typographical decks.  I like it.

I'll have to look into my finances, but this might be a keeper.

Really? I can't stand it. LOL.
The deck seems too messy for my liking. I actually wonder if there is any meaning to the texts behind or just some random lines. If it is random, i thought it would be better to use "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".
 

Re: Farbschemata Playing Cards (printed by MPC) by Mark Allender (KS)
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2015, 03:52:15 PM »
 

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I can't find those quotes anywhere using my google-fu, but they seem really familiar to me.

I like this deck, mainly for the weirdness and way it uses typography.
 

Re: Farbschemata Playing Cards (printed by MPC) by Mark Allender (KS)
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2015, 09:21:57 AM »
 

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I can't find those quotes anywhere using my google-fu, but they seem really familiar to me.

I like this deck, mainly for the weirdness and way it uses typography.

I looked up the first one and couldn't find it anywhere.  Perhaps they're original quotes?
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Re: Farbschemata Playing Cards (printed by MPC) by Mark Allender (KS)
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2015, 02:56:06 PM »
 

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I think this is more for uncut sheets.


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Re: Type+Color
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2016, 05:15:50 PM »
 

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Hey kids,
Ye olde "Farbschemata" deck has been reimagined now as the "Type+Color" series
Check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/markallender/type-color-playing-cards-0

Hopes you likes!